Three Metaphors And A Community
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This document discusses the idea of virtual communities through three metaphors. It includes an excerpt from an email discussing how a blogroll enables finding blogs the author reads while also showing affinity for those included. The email notes disagreement is possible but objectionable views would exclude inclusion. A second excerpt discusses using Facebook primarily for social reasons among "friends" who are often politically like-minded, allowing some discussion.
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Three Metaphors And A Community
- 1. Three metaphors and a community exploring the idea of “virtual community”
- 9. The blogroll enables me to find easily the blogs I read, but it also shows with whom I feel an affinity, and with whom I wish to associate. I don't necessarily share the views of those on my blogroll, but I wouldn't include any blog whose views I found objectionable, even if they were interesting. Email from Marko Hoare.
- 14. I do have an extensive presence on the web. […] Facebook is, for me, primarily a social thing; my Facebook profile is, of course, only readable by 'friends', though a lot of my Facebook friends are kindred spirits of the Eustonite left, and we do sometimes have discussions. Email from Marko Hoare.